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Spool Knitting - How to use a Spool Knitter
Lion Brand® Jiffy®
Pattern #: BK4K-0602009
Knitting is the art of creating a fabric by pulling loops through loops. Although it is often done on needles, it can be done on looms as well. A spool knitter is a small round loom that can be used to create a knitted fabric. Spool knitters are cylinders that have three or more pegs or nails that stick out of the top. The nails are used to form and hold the stitches while knitting. The most common type of spool knitter has four pegs or nails. You can buy a spool knitter or you can easily make one. The one in our example is made of polymer molding clay that can be baked in the oven to harden it.
SIZE: One Size The size of your braid depends on the size of the yarn and how far apart the pegs (nails) are on your spool knitter. If they are close and you use a thin yarn, the braid will be narrow. In the example shown, where we used Jiffy yarn and a knitter with nails that are about an inch apart, the braid was 3/4 inch wide [roughly 2 cm]
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Jiffy®
Oat
Fisherman
White
Light Pink
Blossom
Pastel Blue
Baby Blue
Denim
Navy
Heather Blue
True Red
Chili
Dove
Taupe Mist
Caffe
Camel
Espresso
Citron
Apple Green
Paprika
Avocado
Rust
Blush
Grape
Pearl Grey
Slate
Charcoal Mist
Black
Silver Heather
Pastel Yellow
Lemon
Dark Grey Heather
Aqua
Green Tea
Grass Green
Country Green
Gold
Wine
Violet
Dusty Pink
Shocking Pink
Sky
San Diego
El Paso
Salem
Daytona
Coral Gables
Kitty Hawk
Denim Spray
Rose Spray
Purple Spray
Camel Spray
*Jiffy, Article #450 is a
light bulky weight yarn, 100% acrylic, that comes in 2.5 oz./70g (115 yd/103m) balls for
multi-colors & Heather Blue or 3 oz./85g (135 yd/123m) balls for all other colors
You can also buy materials separately
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Spool Knitting - How to use a Spool Knitter
Lion Brand® Jiffy®
GAUGE:
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.
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Counter: Click and drag to the part of the pattern you're working. Your
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BRAID
CASTING ON YOUR SPOOL KNITTER
1. Start by threading the yarn through the spool knitter
from the top so that the loose end passes through the spool
and comes out the bottom.
2. Wrap the yarn in the counter clockwise direction around
one of the nails.
3. Continuing to the next nail in the clockwise direction,
loop the yarn around the nail counter clockwise.
Repeat until there is a loop on each nail.
KNITTING ON YOUR SPOOL KNITTER
4. Continuing in the clockwise direction, place the yarn on
the outside of the first nail so that it is positioned on the
nail above the loop that is already on the nail. Your
original loop is on the bottom and the new yarn (not yet a loop)
is on the top.
5. Insert a slender knitting needle into the loop that is on
the bottom and that goes around the nail
6. Use the needle to lift the loop up, over the new strand of
yarn and over the top of the nail, and slide the loop off the
needle so it is on the inside of the spool. You will now
have only one loop on the nail -- the new loop!
7. Give a gentle tug to the tail of the yarn to pull the
stitch just made down into the center of the spool.
Proceeding in the clockwise direction, repeat steps 4-7 on
each nail. Each time you lift the loop over, you
create a stitch. Looking at the top of the knitter, it
begins to look like a web. Soon, you'll find that there is
a thick braid being created in the center of the spool!
There are many uses for spool knitters and the braid they
produce. Click here for the easy pattern for
our tiny spool-knitted
teddy bear.
To find out more about spool knitting, visit the Lion Brand
Yarn Blog: Spool
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